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these young people that live in cities like new york do not even drive to widen the driver's license? they take public transportation. disabled people do not drive. why do they need an id? we have to look at who has been singled out in this process. it is students, poor people, the elderly, the disabled. people who historically voted democratic. >> i will have to paul that and let reverend sharpton respond. -- to pause that and let reverend sharpton respond. >> we can have different opinions but we cannot have different facts. [applause] >> where were my facts wrong? >> i did not interrupt you one time. >> you implied. >> the indiana case the supreme court ruled was not the same id law that you're dealing with in pennsylvania and other states. you are acting as though that one case is a uniform id law. we have state by state different laws. texas has one, pennsylvania another, ohio another one. if in fact they had the national federal id law, you could say that. we are talking about different states, different laws. and we should not act as though the supreme court ruling said that --
these young people that live in cities like new york do not even drive to widen the driver's license? they take public transportation. disabled people do not drive. why do they need an id? we have to look at who has been singled out in this process. it is students, poor people, the elderly, the disabled. people who historically voted democratic. >> i will have to paul that and let reverend sharpton respond. -- to pause that and let reverend sharpton respond. >> we can have different...
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i bring greetings on behalf of the great city of prairie view, where i serve on the city council and as mayor pro tem of the great city of prairie view, texas. the word i'm going to talk about in reference to power to organize is called power. power defined by webster is the ability to act or produce an effect, possession or control, a board or influence over others. troubles in texas. student smart for voter rights in 2004, myself and some of my friends on campus at prairie view a&m university, the second oldest institution in the great state of texas, 1876. they organized a march. before we get into that, there's a supreme court case that was ruled in 1979 called the order of 1978. it went to the supreme court. it allowed the right of all college students to be able to vote where they go to school. what college do you think brought the lawsuit? per view a&m university. prairie view. 19 students were indicted in 1993. charges were later dropped. there were taken to jail for voter fraud in led to massive voter registration drives on campus. this is real, ladies and gentlemen. the dis
i bring greetings on behalf of the great city of prairie view, where i serve on the city council and as mayor pro tem of the great city of prairie view, texas. the word i'm going to talk about in reference to power to organize is called power. power defined by webster is the ability to act or produce an effect, possession or control, a board or influence over others. troubles in texas. student smart for voter rights in 2004, myself and some of my friends on campus at prairie view a&m...
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i think the city votes for the candidate. i think you have seen a lot more of that, even the heavy republican midwest, which is dynamic, but i think you are seeing more of that in recent years here in the midwest. they are really voting more for what the person stands for. >> booktv and american history to be explored the culture of wichita, kansas. -- and american history television exports more -- export -- explore the culture of wichita, kansas. >> this is the headquarters of the wichita company that came down here to create commons shall we say, the city of wichita. >> watched on june 2 and 3 on c- span2 and c-span3. -- watch it. >> coming up, president obama at the joplin high school commencement, and later, the supreme court justice. later, the future of the navy combat fleet. several live events to tell you about tomorrow. the senate energy and natural resources committee will said government policy. that is on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m. eastern. also on c-span, the head of the securities and exchange commission, mary schap
i think the city votes for the candidate. i think you have seen a lot more of that, even the heavy republican midwest, which is dynamic, but i think you are seeing more of that in recent years here in the midwest. they are really voting more for what the person stands for. >> booktv and american history to be explored the culture of wichita, kansas. -- and american history television exports more -- export -- explore the culture of wichita, kansas. >> this is the headquarters of the...
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the clinton climate initiative works with 40 of the world's largest cities to reduce greenhouse gases, and raising money for relief efforts around the world. in our own small way as a country, we have it is the company, we have been able to support mr. clinton -- in our own small way as a company, we have been able to support mr. clinton, strongly supporting the crime initiative with our focus on energy and rebuilding a 40,000 square foot school in haiti. we are very proud of our association with you, mr. president. so, when you have a president who demonstrated support for american business throughout his presidency, who has stayed hugely impact fall on the world stage after his presidency, and who wants to continue helping american business and the american economy, what is a good way to make that happen? the answer, of course, is to give the keynote speech at this annual conference. please join me in welcoming our keynote speaker, president william jefferson clinton. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you very, very much. first, i want to thank you for the introduc
the clinton climate initiative works with 40 of the world's largest cities to reduce greenhouse gases, and raising money for relief efforts around the world. in our own small way as a country, we have it is the company, we have been able to support mr. clinton -- in our own small way as a company, we have been able to support mr. clinton, strongly supporting the crime initiative with our focus on energy and rebuilding a 40,000 square foot school in haiti. we are very proud of our association...
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the court in kansas city would rk in kansasin kansa city would send out notices for jury duty and the notice would say if you are a woman, you are not required to serve. if you don't wish to serve, check here. if no card was returned, the clerk would assume that the woman did not want to serve. this was at a time when most states had changed. there were just a few holdouts, tennessee, missouri. and i had a precious 15 minutes to argue. i divided the argument with a public defender from kansas city. i spoke second. when that was done, about to sit down, justice rehnquist said, you will not settle for susan b. anthony's face on the new dollar. this is the same man that when i joined the court and my commission was going to be presented by janet reno -- janet said, "i am not a general, i am ms. reno." he wanted to make sure he could say it. smoothly. [laughter] so we had a dress rehearsal. he said, ms. reno three times. he cared about getting thit right. in the vmi case, he did join the judgment. this is about admitting women to the virginia military institute's, a facility the state of
the court in kansas city would rk in kansasin kansa city would send out notices for jury duty and the notice would say if you are a woman, you are not required to serve. if you don't wish to serve, check here. if no card was returned, the clerk would assume that the woman did not want to serve. this was at a time when most states had changed. there were just a few holdouts, tennessee, missouri. and i had a precious 15 minutes to argue. i divided the argument with a public defender from kansas...
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they had so many rocket attacks that it was called "rocket city." >> what did the american military personnel think of this? >> soldiers would say "living the dream, sir." it was what they wanted to do, going to the combat outpost. >> what was your reaction when you heard this charge that one man over there killed 17 people? >> when i heard about the alleged incident, i thought it would be a guy that had liable deployments. i thought it would be a guy that had ieds and mild brain traumas. i thought it would be a guy with troops in combat. i did not think that he had been a sniper. it was a whole different personality profile. when the name was released, that was the case. >> you say as america has upped its in afghanistan, the insurgency has continued to grow in power and influence. how do you know? >> government documents primarily. sometimes non-governmental governments. the military has to make sure that taliban has three provinces. there are 16,000 ieds planted last year. >> explain exactly what can ied is. >> it is a very bottom, a mine, often made of homemade explosives. very inexpensiv
they had so many rocket attacks that it was called "rocket city." >> what did the american military personnel think of this? >> soldiers would say "living the dream, sir." it was what they wanted to do, going to the combat outpost. >> what was your reaction when you heard this charge that one man over there killed 17 people? >> when i heard about the alleged incident, i thought it would be a guy that had liable deployments. i thought it would be a guy...
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in many places, baltimore being one for sure, it was important to revive a part of the city there. baseball is an important institution and we welcome the assistance of any municipality that is willing to provide it. >> what impact will the sale of the dodgers and the lawsuit have on the game considering these are two of the largest markets? >> a large impact. the dodgers and the mets not only play into the largest markets but our flagship franchises for the sport. whether you are a fan or not you want to see those franchises thrive. the dodgers sale and having the group involved there -- a group that not only has the financial we're but the excitement for the game and the acceptance in that community is great for dodger fans and everybody in baseball. i am not saying this because my wife is a mets fan but it is great for everybody in baseball that the mets can focus on trying to put the best team on the field. baseball in new york is one of the treasuries of the his -- treasures of the history of this game. i can always be better if the mets have a chance to be competitive as poss
in many places, baltimore being one for sure, it was important to revive a part of the city there. baseball is an important institution and we welcome the assistance of any municipality that is willing to provide it. >> what impact will the sale of the dodgers and the lawsuit have on the game considering these are two of the largest markets? >> a large impact. the dodgers and the mets not only play into the largest markets but our flagship franchises for the sport. whether you are a...
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>> in the present district, i represent all of the city of atlanta, the entire city. where most of the colleges like georgia tech, georgia state university, moore house, spellma. brown, clark, atlanta university but i also represent emery, c.d.c. major corporations are all in the district. it's a wonderful district, wonderful people. >> let me reeled from your book in the introduction. remember how we thought the election of president obama meant we had finally created a post racial america, a place where the problems that have haunted us for so long were finally silenced? nobody says that anymore. we no longer dwell on that day dream. we were shake on the realism by the harshness of what we have witnessed in the last few years, the vilification of president obama, the invisibility of the sick and poor murder at the holocaust museum and the shooting of representative gabriel giffords while she greeted constituents in a safeway parking lot. >> we're not there yet. we've made a lot of progress. his election, a major step down a very, very long road. but we have not yet
>> in the present district, i represent all of the city of atlanta, the entire city. where most of the colleges like georgia tech, georgia state university, moore house, spellma. brown, clark, atlanta university but i also represent emery, c.d.c. major corporations are all in the district. it's a wonderful district, wonderful people. >> let me reeled from your book in the introduction. remember how we thought the election of president obama meant we had finally created a post racial...
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the great example of this is in new york city, brooklyn, kings county. the mid-1980's. a grand jury report was released there and the state grand jury report detailed a 14-year-long organized voter fraud conspiracy to cast thousands of fraudulent votes in democratic primaries and one of the ways they did it is they had crews of people who went from polling place to polling place voting in the names of people who were dead but still on the list, voting in the names of individuals who had moved out of that jurisdiction who were still on the list. they could have perhaps gotten a fake i.d. for lots of people to stop doing that. that would have been much tougher for them to do. it is not a perfect solution. there is no security that is perfect in anything you do including in the voting process. >> i want to add one thing about evidence where we have -- we do have all the laws have interfered with the voting. three years after indiana passed its 2005 voter ideologue, 1000 people showed up at the polls without identification. most of their ballots were not counted. that is no
the great example of this is in new york city, brooklyn, kings county. the mid-1980's. a grand jury report was released there and the state grand jury report detailed a 14-year-long organized voter fraud conspiracy to cast thousands of fraudulent votes in democratic primaries and one of the ways they did it is they had crews of people who went from polling place to polling place voting in the names of people who were dead but still on the list, voting in the names of individuals who had moved...
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it is always the port, the inner city. they can learn just as well as my children. i m on social security. i raise my grandchildren on social security. host: thank you for the call. want to go back to the original stories started. for folks turning in later, the district of columbia is paying students with behavioral records to attend summer school. host: one more call on this subject. your thoughts? caller: i think they should be paid. host: all students? how would you separate them? caller: at-risk students. i think more -- they should get paid based on their grades. i do understand people who say we shouldn't throw money to solve problems. we throw money at everything. with the money at the bankers. the talk about pellets of money being delivered to iraq. to say the money does not solve anything, i bet if other people were thrown money, they would jump at it as fast as other. those people are full of crap. there are some people who survived a difficult situations to graduate. but these are difficult times. these of the worst economic times in decades. all of thes
it is always the port, the inner city. they can learn just as well as my children. i m on social security. i raise my grandchildren on social security. host: thank you for the call. want to go back to the original stories started. for folks turning in later, the district of columbia is paying students with behavioral records to attend summer school. host: one more call on this subject. your thoughts? caller: i think they should be paid. host: all students? how would you separate them? caller:...
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kansas city is divided by the kansas and missouri state line. the election that best illustrates this was the democratic primary. the commission was held by democrats and whoever won the primary would probably win the seat. rizzo and broyster were the last two names. approximately 50 somali nationals walked into the polling place, one at a time, with the same translator who instructed them to vote for rizzo. this happened all day long. all sorts of witnesses saw this. at the end of the day, rizzo won by one vote. that election caused great consternation in the missouri legislature and i could go into the legal rambling about that, but those people who registered illegally were non-citizens and they probably through that election. i am not saying that rizzo organized it, but somebody did. in counties, there was a hall- forming tissue in southwest kansas where there had to be a referendum to allow the particular type of operation. the county clerk testified that people who were non-citizens according to her belief were registered to vote. does it
kansas city is divided by the kansas and missouri state line. the election that best illustrates this was the democratic primary. the commission was held by democrats and whoever won the primary would probably win the seat. rizzo and broyster were the last two names. approximately 50 somali nationals walked into the polling place, one at a time, with the same translator who instructed them to vote for rizzo. this happened all day long. all sorts of witnesses saw this. at the end of the day,...
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trying to increase the federal presence in cities where we have identified these problems. we have received in the prosecution's we of brought, record amounts of money brought back to the federal government. for every dollar we spend in enforcement, we bring back $7 to the federal government. it is something i think should be funded at the highest level as we possibly can. >> could you provide information to the committee on what specific enforcement is taking place in this area in california, particularly southern california, particularly in and around the area of los angeles and glendale, calif.? >> i can make it clear with all the cities we have targeted and i can share with you what we're doing in california. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. welcome, attorney general. i want to start by commending you and the department for your diligent work, defending u.s. taxpayers against fraud by government contractors. every year, watch the total amount recovered increased and i am grateful for the whistle -- the work of whistle-blowers to to protect our tax dollars. i think
trying to increase the federal presence in cities where we have identified these problems. we have received in the prosecution's we of brought, record amounts of money brought back to the federal government. for every dollar we spend in enforcement, we bring back $7 to the federal government. it is something i think should be funded at the highest level as we possibly can. >> could you provide information to the committee on what specific enforcement is taking place in this area in...
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he talks about how his agency has changed since 9/11 and why the jfk airport in new york city has been the ninth airport to expedite screening programs for frequent fliers. this is hosted by the national press club. this is an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club. my name is theresa warner. we are the world leading professional organization for journalists. we are committed to our programs such as this wall fostering free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website, www.press.org. to donate, please visit www.press.org/institute. on behalf of our members, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending our events. our head table includes the guest speaker and journalists who are working members. if you hear applause in our audience, general members of the public's are attending. i would also like to welcome our c-span radio audience. we have a weekly pot cast of the national press club available on itunes -- pod cast of the national press club available on itunes. i will ask as many questions as time
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he will discuss "back to blood" and it's take on the city of miami. sunday at 6:00 eastern on "book tv" on c-span 2. removed fromays election day, fred barnes joins us for a look back at campaign 2012 and the future of the republican party. thank you for being here. what went wrong for mitt romney? why did he lose a race that so many thought coming into the election was his to win? guest: including me. this was more of a race i have to say that obama won by having such a strong campaign rather than romney losing. obama may have been the only democratic candidate running on a record of a weak economy and debt crisis that we face and still win. yet, he did. they did very many things that were right. you can point to a couple of things with mitt romney. he may not have been the perfect candidate for 2012 given his corporate turnaround background, secondly, he did not get something republicans have counted on and that is the white working-class voters. in states like ohio, the ads attacking mayor romney as a corporate raider and buccaneer that went on for
he will discuss "back to blood" and it's take on the city of miami. sunday at 6:00 eastern on "book tv" on c-span 2. removed fromays election day, fred barnes joins us for a look back at campaign 2012 and the future of the republican party. thank you for being here. what went wrong for mitt romney? why did he lose a race that so many thought coming into the election was his to win? guest: including me. this was more of a race i have to say that obama won by having such a...
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are we heading into an era of bailout the city. is there such thing of killing out the city? >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. on "q & a." >> joining us is senator rand paul of kentucky. thanks for being with us. here for the question is susan ferrechio and niels lesniewski. let me begin with questions asking for the video from benghazi on the evening of september 12 and september 11. do you watch that video released? what do you think we will learn? >> i have a lot of questions about benghazi. i do not know if the video shows of people die in the street or information you do not want to see. my question is why were no special forces some and? could they have got in there in time. that is important. why were there no marines there in the first place? whoever made that decision, it was an unwise decision to put an ambassador in one of the most dangerous countries on earth and have no marines there to protect him. whoever made that decision should be fired immediately. the president said the bus stops with him. ck stopsllary -- the bul with him. he or hillary clinton needs to have the bu
are we heading into an era of bailout the city. is there such thing of killing out the city? >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. on "q & a." >> joining us is senator rand paul of kentucky. thanks for being with us. here for the question is susan ferrechio and niels lesniewski. let me begin with questions asking for the video from benghazi on the evening of september 12 and september 11. do you watch that video released? what do you think we will learn? >> i have a lot of...
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>> it is extremely important to the city and the residents. people impacted by the storm, they are located in other areas making that decision. am i going to open back up? it is extremely important, and the sooner the better so that we can get the unmet needs met. get people back to living in their homes, it is so important for the local economy. >> are carries ample local governments are doing their part. the philanthropic community is doing their part. unless we have the approval of the proposed package, we are not going to recover. it is critically important that we have that. we have always been there, for everybody else. we need america to now be there for our region as well. >> i would like to agree with my fellow panelists that is truly critical. if we are going to respond as we should and help the businesses and the people that are in the center of the storm, we have to have the resources to do it. we are not living up to our own expectations. >> this committee will come to an end, but the record will remain open for two weeks. i thank
>> it is extremely important to the city and the residents. people impacted by the storm, they are located in other areas making that decision. am i going to open back up? it is extremely important, and the sooner the better so that we can get the unmet needs met. get people back to living in their homes, it is so important for the local economy. >> are carries ample local governments are doing their part. the philanthropic community is doing their part. unless we have the approval...
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we aren't even there yet getting into many of the issues that the city is having to deal with. and again, nobody up here, republican or democrat, i don't think anybody in this hearing room questions at all their right to protest. that's not what this hearing is about. you're not enforcing your own statute. who's telling you -- and i know this isn't you -- who's telling you not to enforce the statute? it's not your job how to treat protest groups differently. they are breaking the law. why aren't you enforcing that law? it's been four months? >> well, all of our decisions related to the way that this particular protest has been handled has been made on the ground first and foremost by our u.s. park police, officers and commanders in terms of what -- >> i served as a law enforcement officer. law enforcement officer is granted a great deal of discretion in terms of how they enforce, when they enforce and what they enforce. >> are there some political insensitivities at play here that is preventing you from enforcing the law? >> absolutely not. >> are you getting any sort of adviso
we aren't even there yet getting into many of the issues that the city is having to deal with. and again, nobody up here, republican or democrat, i don't think anybody in this hearing room questions at all their right to protest. that's not what this hearing is about. you're not enforcing your own statute. who's telling you -- and i know this isn't you -- who's telling you not to enforce the statute? it's not your job how to treat protest groups differently. they are breaking the law. why...
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, because the state or city passed to spend more money on the pension fund, that means there could be layoffs of existing employees for the government to make those contributions. the second area of controversy is isn't it reasonable to assume that a pension fund and what would turn in the future. if you make an optimistic assumption that these funds can earn 7-8% at a time when there is nobody who believes that for the time being that returns could approximate those numbers at all. it is impossible. therefore, the real underlying question is who has the risk of ultimately making sure the promised benefits get paid or does the political system want to affect those benefits? that is the kind of dialogue and controversy we have increasingly in this country at this point. what we tried to do in this report is to explain it so people understood and suggest that one has to take a responsible course not to make wild eyed assumptions about what you can turn with a fiduciary fund and recognize the fact that if, indeed, the obligation to pay the benefits is secured by constitutional or statuto
, because the state or city passed to spend more money on the pension fund, that means there could be layoffs of existing employees for the government to make those contributions. the second area of controversy is isn't it reasonable to assume that a pension fund and what would turn in the future. if you make an optimistic assumption that these funds can earn 7-8% at a time when there is nobody who believes that for the time being that returns could approximate those numbers at all. it is...
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[applause] >> explore the history and literary culture of new york capital city, albany, this weekend on booktv on c-span2. next, a forum on monday slavery and human trafficking. then a discussion about the state of public health in the u.s.. after that, the weekly address as a president obama and florida senator mark rubio. -- addresses of president obama and florida. tomorrow on "washington journal," stan collender and douglas holtx-eakin. an update on the situation in syria. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the supreme court will look at what was passed in 2008 by a majority of 6-3, and they will say, that is president. india -- indiana voter id. >> they will decide the indiana case, it was constitutional for them to establish. they did not say that all of those states -- >> they talked about indiana. let me finish. you are rupert -- you're misrepresenting what i am saying. the supreme court is a lot of the land. >> when i hear these accusations of black people, boehner i.t. loss -- voter id laws, disproportionately affected minorities, it seems that we
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>> again city and of the facts. i'm happy to try to up as soon. >> that soon orders possibility do they have? >> i think you have it exactly right. the tstees of the 41 plans in which they participate our creditors. as it happens, hostess has a single employer plan. on the multi employer side we are not the creditors. we're a step removed from it. >> they sp making the contribution? >> i don't know. let me find out. >> if they did? >> that depends on what their legal obligations are in bankruptcy. >> what about before they get to a bankruptcy? >> if they fail to make contributions beforehand -- >> the contractual obligation a people and the union to pay with the union has designated as $4 some change per hour. plus not making their employer contributions, what obligation is it for the multi player plan to step in and do se enforcement, do something about that? before things go belly up. >> i think the me step back. when under bankruptcy -- >> your not in bankruptcy yet. before -- >> hostess has been in bankruptcy mu
>> again city and of the facts. i'm happy to try to up as soon. >> that soon orders possibility do they have? >> i think you have it exactly right. the tstees of the 41 plans in which they participate our creditors. as it happens, hostess has a single employer plan. on the multi employer side we are not the creditors. we're a step removed from it. >> they sp making the contribution? >> i don't know. let me find out. >> if they did? >> that depends on...
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city, albany. saturday on c-span2 and sunday at 5:00 p.m. on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back to our table congressman tom cole, republican of oklahoma. let began with the news. john boehner send a proposal to the white house yesterday. what do you think? guest: it is a great opening start and makes it very tangible what the speaker committed to after the election. which is we are going to put revenue on the table. that is an enormous step forward by the republicans. not something we want to do but something we recognize we have to do to get there. i think the proposal to rex us toward where the real problems are which is entitlement spending. we cannot solve this with just revenue. while we like the paul ryan budget, the speaker basically picked up elements of some of the proposal from erskine bowles in an effort to try to reach forward. i think the speaker should be given a lot of credit for a great opening position. host: so, loopholes and deductions that
city, albany. saturday on c-span2 and sunday at 5:00 p.m. on c-span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome back to our table congressman tom cole, republican of oklahoma. let began with the news. john boehner send a proposal to the white house yesterday. what do you think? guest: it is a great opening start and makes it very tangible what the speaker committed to after the election. which is we are going to put revenue on the table. that is an enormous...
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city. there is also money that will go to homeowner really. principal writedowns are one tool in the toolbox of addressing an upside-down mortgage situation. >> my time is short. tell us right quick what your bureau is doing to get this idle information out to the consumer? >> do this quickly because i would like to get one more question in. >> we helped publicize what is available to homeowners. the lion's share is falling on the backs of the state attorneys general and justice and treasury departments. >> my intention is to put us on recess. we have two votes. >> mr. cordray, in reading your report, i noticed that the positions you are killing had a breakdown of the groups you were hiring -- filling had a breakdown of groups you were hiring and it had a breakdown of their experience. are you hiring people who know the unintended consequences of a rule or law proposed by you and how it all fits together? >> it is a good question. it would be a poor performance by me if the answer to the qu
city. there is also money that will go to homeowner really. principal writedowns are one tool in the toolbox of addressing an upside-down mortgage situation. >> my time is short. tell us right quick what your bureau is doing to get this idle information out to the consumer? >> do this quickly because i would like to get one more question in. >> we helped publicize what is available to homeowners. the lion's share is falling on the backs of the state attorneys general and...
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i wanted to take a city somewhere in the world that exemplified the way that a city grows and changes, the way our urban world is growing and changing, most of the world's populations live in cities now. i wanted to pick one city i could look at as its own world. it is so large an absorbing an interesting that it is like a snow globe. it is a self-contained world where people have these intense experiences in stories that involve each other that are about each other that i wanted to learn. you say hello to them in a place like karachi. an amazing and heart wrenching story comes out of them. i wanted to take one example of the way our urban world was changing. this sounded like a great example. the more i learned about it, the more i felt it was a good one. >> i am the co-host of "morning edition" on npr. i get up about 2:45 in the morning. i get into work at 3:45. the show goes on the air at 5:00. in syria, i might get out around noon. sometimes, 2:00 p.m. sometimes, it will be a long day. sometimes there is a presidential debate in the need to be there during or after the debate and
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for the tax money to stay in the city or state or country. if they do not deal with each other, who will buy their products? we have to showcase the business through parade, street fair. if you go through the internet, you know everything through the internet. you do not know how people will get your product. host: jamie strawbridge, anything there to respond to? guest: i think he is raising questions about the internet and howard as intersecting with business. i have to say that as a little bit out of the area of my expertise. host: shut, independent calller. -- chuck. caller: thank you. i have been listening to this and have been bothered by take it for a long time. i know the obama administration has brought a suit against the chinese for equal and fair trade under president bush, which has not happened. we cannot control the chinese. we have sued and even one, but no one is enforcing it. they did an appeal for more time. we should stop these corporations from going over and participating in trade. we should be terrifying them -- tarrifyin
for the tax money to stay in the city or state or country. if they do not deal with each other, who will buy their products? we have to showcase the business through parade, street fair. if you go through the internet, you know everything through the internet. you do not know how people will get your product. host: jamie strawbridge, anything there to respond to? guest: i think he is raising questions about the internet and howard as intersecting with business. i have to say that as a little...
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we lost by 1000 votes here in the 10th district of ohio. host: which includes what cities? caller: montgomery county, greene county, and the top half of fayette county, where at dayton-ohio is. host: that is where the president is going tomorrow. jerry is on the phone from illinois. caller: i was listening to the debate, expecting both to speak well. that is not what i am looking for. i was undecided until tonight. i want to get one of the two candidates that is going to say, who is going to take as to the next level? our country is in trouble. who is the most qualified to take our country out of trouble? at this time, i would believe it is romney. he is very successful in businesses. our country needs to go to the next level. president obama has had his shot. he failed. i am a disabled veteran and i am still waiting for things that happened. host: joshua is next from georgia. what is your comment on the debate tonight? what did you think? you are on the air. caller: i am undecided because -- hello? host: we can hear you. please go ahead. caller: whenever politicians coming
we lost by 1000 votes here in the 10th district of ohio. host: which includes what cities? caller: montgomery county, greene county, and the top half of fayette county, where at dayton-ohio is. host: that is where the president is going tomorrow. jerry is on the phone from illinois. caller: i was listening to the debate, expecting both to speak well. that is not what i am looking for. i was undecided until tonight. i want to get one of the two candidates that is going to say, who is going to...
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the city wanted to use the area for an entertainment district. the lawsuit was filed by our organization. we lost in court but one in the ninth circuit -- won in the ninth circuit. at least two churches so far have been able to locate their places of worship and industrial use land zone areas. so, making a real difference. in 2011, university and religious liberty and freedom of speech. arizona state university had some issues whether they would be recognized as a student organization because of their religious beliefs. the lawsuit was settled out of court. our universities cannot discriminate against students on the basis of their religious viewpoints, they can not evaluate a student's course work on religion, or discriminate on the basis of their religious viewpoints. some broad based religious liberty for students. in arizona, we have been able to take care of student protecting their civil liberties on our public campuses. in 2011, we had a fairly simple bill passed that basically said when a church speaks out on a ballot measure, they can no
the city wanted to use the area for an entertainment district. the lawsuit was filed by our organization. we lost in court but one in the ninth circuit -- won in the ninth circuit. at least two churches so far have been able to locate their places of worship and industrial use land zone areas. so, making a real difference. in 2011, university and religious liberty and freedom of speech. arizona state university had some issues whether they would be recognized as a student organization because...
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city to our state's capitol. this project had been planned since 1965. it is now being built. the government does not have enough money to meet all of our infrastructure needs. we need to involve the private sector in this process. every state should have the opportunity to replicate in the and the's successes without being punished for it financially. we need to make sure it is allocated to each state or done fairly. indiana and a dozen additional states have been donor states for over three decades. we would give back about 92 cents on the dollar. as late as the 1980's only 78 cents on the dollar. we need to provide adequate funding to each state and provide states with dollars they contribute to the trust fund. the senate bill does not accomplish these goals and puts indiana and other states at risk for significant cuts. i would like to thank the chairman for your leadership on these issues. it is good for all states equally and gets us on a pathway to creating jobs and rebuilding the nation's infrastructure.
city to our state's capitol. this project had been planned since 1965. it is now being built. the government does not have enough money to meet all of our infrastructure needs. we need to involve the private sector in this process. every state should have the opportunity to replicate in the and the's successes without being punished for it financially. we need to make sure it is allocated to each state or done fairly. indiana and a dozen additional states have been donor states for over three...
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none of the numbers will ever be perfect a mob of -- and none of the best scores in the city can get all of this party. the focus is to put it out there at at positive pressure to do the right thing and say people are watching the effects of these promises. we also know it is hard to get out there and talk about the real policies that would chase the tax code, particularly those that would raise revenues and reduced spending. in some ways perhaps, this can land a countervailing force when people talk about the tough choices that are required, they will get a positive score for doing so. it will never be perfect, we know that, and i will forward those calls to alice. alice has been so much time and different administrations in different roles and knows all the different sides of budgeting. >> thanks to all of you for coming. the committee for responsible federal budget, we have always worked hard to inform the american people about the fiscal promises made by politicians and make sure those politicians spell out the promises in as much detail as we can get from them. this particular a
none of the numbers will ever be perfect a mob of -- and none of the best scores in the city can get all of this party. the focus is to put it out there at at positive pressure to do the right thing and say people are watching the effects of these promises. we also know it is hard to get out there and talk about the real policies that would chase the tax code, particularly those that would raise revenues and reduced spending. in some ways perhaps, this can land a countervailing force when...
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we will reinstate ronald reagan's mexico city policy and no taxpayer money will be spent on abortion outside the united states,. . -- outside the united states, period. the obama administration apologists to fanatics while attacking the catholic church and right-to-life institutions in the united states. on the first day i will order the repeal of everett anti- religious act of this -- will order the repeal of every anti- religious act of this administration. to go back energy come on the first day i will sign the pipeline for canada and i will tell the canadians every day do not cut a deal with china. help was on the day. we want the pipeline -- help is on the way. we want the pipeline in the united states. i can only do all of these things with your help. the primary tomorrow really matters. your vote really matters. i hope you will decide having an experienced leader who has helped do these things before and who is capable of taking obama had on is what we need as a party and more importantly the need as a country. i look what forward -- i look forward very much to the questions.
we will reinstate ronald reagan's mexico city policy and no taxpayer money will be spent on abortion outside the united states,. . -- outside the united states, period. the obama administration apologists to fanatics while attacking the catholic church and right-to-life institutions in the united states. on the first day i will order the repeal of everett anti- religious act of this -- will order the repeal of every anti- religious act of this administration. to go back energy come on the first...
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also especially the secure the cities program which will protect not just new york but provide a template to protect urban areas against dirty bomb attacks throughout the country. let me focus on the issue of the twic program. and the ranking member of the homeland security committee shear. this is an issue of bipartisan concern to our committee. the fact that we still have not been ablele to perfect a tort system and there's been burden some polls on our workers as far as time constraints imposed on them, funding they have to spend, and this is a real burden that's been on them. today in the homeland security committee, we passed by voice vote the bill which attempts to alleviate this burden on the port worker. what it does is extends the validity currently set to expire later this year until a department of homeland security finally rereleases the twic rule. truck riders who need to obtain a twic should no vm to have the burden of the government getting the job done. i believe this provides sufficient motivation to coast guard and c.s.a. i can assure you on behalf of myself, and the ran
also especially the secure the cities program which will protect not just new york but provide a template to protect urban areas against dirty bomb attacks throughout the country. let me focus on the issue of the twic program. and the ranking member of the homeland security committee shear. this is an issue of bipartisan concern to our committee. the fact that we still have not been ablele to perfect a tort system and there's been burden some polls on our workers as far as time constraints...
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help me with the name of your town. where is that? caller: 45 minutes outside of the city. ho bank did you feel the impact of the town? -- host: did you feel the impact of the town? caller: a little bit. my friends have a generator. ho bank freak storm or climate change? conveying i am going to go with climate change. we do not have a lot of hurricanes like that. like down a south there used to that but we are not. and more frequently we have been having hurricanes and tornadoes. i am leaning more towards climate change given that this is not just random but a reoccurrence. hoping to chris in it, mantegna, new jersey. -- host: chris in new jersey. what you think? caller: i think they should go and help them dig out from the blizzard in west virginia. host: the former president said this is due to global warming. caller: the rest and all of the eco nazis. it is an act of god. god did it. i know the storm largely affected the liberal northeast. maybe we should have a more civil unions and game marriages. maybe that will help. host: we must heed this warning and act quickly to
help me with the name of your town. where is that? caller: 45 minutes outside of the city. ho bank did you feel the impact of the town? -- host: did you feel the impact of the town? caller: a little bit. my friends have a generator. ho bank freak storm or climate change? conveying i am going to go with climate change. we do not have a lot of hurricanes like that. like down a south there used to that but we are not. and more frequently we have been having hurricanes and tornadoes. i am leaning...
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we started the center for new education in redwood city. it is a high-quality after- school and summer program for kids three hours after school. there they get languages an instrument to music and some of the things that maybe cannot fit into the school day. we have the shortest learning day and the shortest learning year in the developed world. i doubt we're going to be able to extend the learning they so perhaps finding other alternatives -- i learned to speak french but i actually learned it at age 9 but not in the schools, i learned a because my father, a presbyterian minister, decided that all educated children should speak french. so on tuesday, thursday, and saturdays, but retracted the church -- we were dragged to take french. so there may be ways to add to the curriculum out by the schools as well requests one thing i've learned is if i come back as anything, i want to come back as the son of a presbyterian minister. i have been sold short changed in life. -- so short changed in life. [laughter] by now i would be playing the piano
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the city formally from the kind of land from has and transfer it to the small and medium-sized farmers? >> i voted for that. i voted for the 50,000 limitation to get away from the million dollar contributions to farmers. i am the only one was born and reared on the farm and am still involved in farming. i think and stand their concerns and their problems. i feel very strongly that we ought to be doing more for the american farmer and what we have seen from this administration is a neglected that farmer. we have seen them drive 220,000 farmers off the farm. they seem to think that the answers to move into town. would you have seen them do is cut farm assistance for rural areas by more than 50%. they see rural hospitals closing all of the country because of this kind of an administration. it is an administration that has lost most of the market abroad because they have not had a trade policy. we saw our market loss by some 40%. that is one of the reasons why we have seen the cost of the farm program, which was only about two $0.5 billion when they took office now goes to about $25 billio
the city formally from the kind of land from has and transfer it to the small and medium-sized farmers? >> i voted for that. i voted for the 50,000 limitation to get away from the million dollar contributions to farmers. i am the only one was born and reared on the farm and am still involved in farming. i think and stand their concerns and their problems. i feel very strongly that we ought to be doing more for the american farmer and what we have seen from this administration is a...
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time and again the city of london has led the world and i know you can do so again. frankly, it is this pioneering, buccaneering spirit that will define modern industrial strategy. playing to our strengths, working out competitive the advantages, working out backing businesses big and small. together we will make sure that britain thrives and wins in this global race. thank you. [laughter] -- [applause] >> tomorrow david walker will discuss his idea to revert to the so-called fiscal cliff. the washington journal reporter looks at the u.s. oil output and efforts to make the country energy independence and the former executive assistant director talks about the fbi's role in investigating cyber crimes. live on c-span. >> foreign policy scholars will discuss the united states relationship with china and political, economic, and national security challenges. our live coverage begins tomorrow at 9:15 eastern on c- span 2. >> the mindset of the world well into the mid 1990's was that wireline access was either on poles or in the ground was the key to understanding telecomm
time and again the city of london has led the world and i know you can do so again. frankly, it is this pioneering, buccaneering spirit that will define modern industrial strategy. playing to our strengths, working out competitive the advantages, working out backing businesses big and small. together we will make sure that britain thrives and wins in this global race. thank you. [laughter] -- [applause] >> tomorrow david walker will discuss his idea to revert to the so-called fiscal...
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they get great fuel economy, in the city or on the highway. you can have small vehicles are very large vehicles with a diesel engine. >> we have about 30 seconds left. is there a difference between having a diesel engine and a gasoline engine with maintenance? >> typically lower cost over time. these cars are meant to last. they are really great value for consumers. nothing really special for consumers other than making sure you put in diesel fuel. >> alan schafer, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. have a great day. host: that was pedro at the convention center for the washington auto show which kicks off tomorrow. today is policy day. a lot of lawmakers will be out there. we have a few minutes left before the senate budget committee comes in. we'll take you to that hearing. at 10:00 first, saginaw, michigan. larry, what are your comments? caller: i wanted to get in before this. the big three made the middle class. they are the ones that could switch over. if we ever got in a war and stuff -- those three are the ones that protec
they get great fuel economy, in the city or on the highway. you can have small vehicles are very large vehicles with a diesel engine. >> we have about 30 seconds left. is there a difference between having a diesel engine and a gasoline engine with maintenance? >> typically lower cost over time. these cars are meant to last. they are really great value for consumers. nothing really special for consumers other than making sure you put in diesel fuel. >> alan schafer, thank you...
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the school was founded back in 1864 after the city of denver itself. it has over 11,000 students. we want to thank comcast for sponsoring this visit. let's go to the first student at the university of denver. >> in the history of the modern debates, only two third-party candidates have been involved in the presidential debates. the candidates must achieve a level of 15% of the electorate. to participate. is it not been the best interest of the commission to include another party in the debate? guest: there is a debate as to what that criteria should be. i think the commission is doing the right thing. ross perot passed the 15% threshold in 1992 and 1996 and he was allowed in. jimmy carter decided not to participate in one debate. host: we will hear more from you and the next 45 minutes. our guest is the co-author a " the time line of presidential elections." can you give us an example of a key moment in the history where debates made a difference guest:? we can think of a few. the classic example is where ronald reagan in 1984 with walter mondale faced a challenge. the first debat
the school was founded back in 1864 after the city of denver itself. it has over 11,000 students. we want to thank comcast for sponsoring this visit. let's go to the first student at the university of denver. >> in the history of the modern debates, only two third-party candidates have been involved in the presidential debates. the candidates must achieve a level of 15% of the electorate. to participate. is it not been the best interest of the commission to include another party in the...
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when something from the left comes up in the city of milwaukee, they are real quick on the left to get jesse jackson and al sharpton to speak on behalf of all blacks. we know that they do not, but there is still a face. where is the face on the conservative side? i am not talking not someone who can speak for all blacks. somebody mentioned in your earlier that someone who looks like us. where is the face of the conservative movement that you can send down into the gallos of our urban centers with the resources being able to connect emotionally, not reason and logic, take a message of reason and logic, it will not give you very far. you have to have a message that deals with the emotional prospectus. the left have a common strategy for when we tried to do this. they have a strategy. do not let that balloon get off of the ground. when you see it -- like, i am in milwaukee, a man alone. go get them. the gatekeepers, if you will. they have a strategy. they counter any plan or strategy that we may have to spread his word. we need a face. we need a face on this movement. >> i think we have q
when something from the left comes up in the city of milwaukee, they are real quick on the left to get jesse jackson and al sharpton to speak on behalf of all blacks. we know that they do not, but there is still a face. where is the face on the conservative side? i am not talking not someone who can speak for all blacks. somebody mentioned in your earlier that someone who looks like us. where is the face of the conservative movement that you can send down into the gallos of our urban centers...
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but the democratic party in the city that wants to take money and funds away from the poor people. we know education is important. children cannot get a good education and oftentimes their future is very bleak. so i trust the republican party. host: thanks for calling. d.c. is the focus of the "washington times piece. they write that -- that the lead item in the paper. orlando, florida, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i don't know why our country would want to pick one entity against the other, republican or democrat. or the local government against the national government. it should be a joint effort. i'm a small business owner. my taxes have increased threefold because we don't have a state tax, nothing to support our education system. where are we going to get the money from? if you are getting it from the national, you get it from me. if you get it from me, i should have some say so in how we spend the money. who we have appointed are those on the national scene. it is impossible. if we cut funds nationally, we have to raise it locally. if we have to raise it loca
but the democratic party in the city that wants to take money and funds away from the poor people. we know education is important. children cannot get a good education and oftentimes their future is very bleak. so i trust the republican party. host: thanks for calling. d.c. is the focus of the "washington times piece. they write that -- that the lead item in the paper. orlando, florida, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i don't know why our country would want to pick one entity...
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we're looking at multiple flights in multiple cities for the maximum effect. we might have when regional jet and that is a terrible thing. it would have 5-10, the impact would be great. we get to the point where we have the highest possible confidence in technology. we would make different policy decisions. >> a few more. the gentleman here. >> i would like to address the issue of real security. i am surprised how relaxed and easy it is to get onto a train at union station and go to new york. it is easy for someone to put it back on a train and get off the train and have the trenbolone -- have the train blow up by a timer. what's the difference between real security and aviation security? what would you do differently if there is an explosion on a train going to new york? >> that's a good question because it gets to the heart of where all the buildings and exist and whether it was deep madrid bombings or what we see in india in pakistan in terms of real explosions. there has been more people killed and injured in real attacks than aviation over the last 10 yea
we're looking at multiple flights in multiple cities for the maximum effect. we might have when regional jet and that is a terrible thing. it would have 5-10, the impact would be great. we get to the point where we have the highest possible confidence in technology. we would make different policy decisions. >> a few more. the gentleman here. >> i would like to address the issue of real security. i am surprised how relaxed and easy it is to get onto a train at union station and go to...
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stop fraud, fraud. >> in the city of philadelphia, where everything is run by the city and the polling locations were literally in people's garages, you have no accountability. you have one party control, zero accountability and nobody watching the elections. you can complain that somebody is too much into these were, but you have no accountability in and never places in this country. saying is not that easy. how about accountability -- >> both sides are right, right? >> my side is more right. [laughter] >> they are -- the tactics their choosing certainly seem abhorrent. the pennsylvania law, there was a stay on it today. it is the wrong tactic and i hope they change their ways. frankly, none of us think that voter suppression is the way to go. it is not the way to win elections. i am positive jonathan does not spend time thinking about how to suppress voters. but the solution of voter i.d. is absolutely wrong one. >> i would like to thank you all for coming here. before i ask my question, i would like to read something from eric schulz greenpeace said, "in the aftermath, we have seen
stop fraud, fraud. >> in the city of philadelphia, where everything is run by the city and the polling locations were literally in people's garages, you have no accountability. you have one party control, zero accountability and nobody watching the elections. you can complain that somebody is too much into these were, but you have no accountability in and never places in this country. saying is not that easy. how about accountability -- >> both sides are right, right? >> my...
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mayor bloomberg is doing a good job and the city of las vegas where they provide classes during lunchtime and the classes fill up. think our greatest strength -- you start talking about india and china at eating our lunch. we're more educated and have a higher health standard. why are we capitalizing on that? boy >> what about unifying? >>i think that is another issue that republicans have waded into to their detriment in terms of calling for english-only laws. the fear in the community is that everything is changing. they hear these families speaking spanish. it doesn't have to inject fear. part of the problem is that we are not talking to each other. >> what language do you speak to each other? >> you can find committees that want to bring people together and i think that is what we need to do. >> i know entire school district that is bilingual. they're both learning english and spanish to gather. it is an asset -- both learning english and spanish together. >> know that we find the importance of english. you go to community centers across the country, across the southeast and there are
mayor bloomberg is doing a good job and the city of las vegas where they provide classes during lunchtime and the classes fill up. think our greatest strength -- you start talking about india and china at eating our lunch. we're more educated and have a higher health standard. why are we capitalizing on that? boy >> what about unifying? >>i think that is another issue that republicans have waded into to their detriment in terms of calling for english-only laws. the fear in the...
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to the point of the caller made about the difference between the inner city families and he made some allusion to the white caucasian family has access to more government support. actually what strengthens the opportunitieso that children have is that family unit, that mom and dad that they grow up with. unfortunately, what we've seen in the inner city that we now are at a point where 70% of our children in the inner city are being raise bid single parents and so they're missing that influence that most -- in most cases of a father. and that's important. it's important both in the life of a girl and of a boy. for a young man they learn how to control their masculinity, they learn their socialization skills from their father. and then that daughter from the father learns that sense of self-worth and is one of the main factors in causing young girls to delay sexual activity until marriage. because they have the acceptance of a father. the absence is the exact opposite. you don't have a father many of these young girls falls into the arms of someone who exploits them. so when it comes do
to the point of the caller made about the difference between the inner city families and he made some allusion to the white caucasian family has access to more government support. actually what strengthens the opportunitieso that children have is that family unit, that mom and dad that they grow up with. unfortunately, what we've seen in the inner city that we now are at a point where 70% of our children in the inner city are being raise bid single parents and so they're missing that influence...
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on the high speed in inner-city passenger rail program. i want to thank the members of this committee, the congress, and the obama administration for supporting a help the inner city passenger rail system and for supporting improved service with words and money. we are grateful for the investments from the american recovery and investment act which have provided more than $1.4 billion for illinois high- speed rail. these current investments in illinois high-speed passenger rail systems are already supporting thousands of jobs with much more on the way. we cannot do it without federal help. we need continued federal funding for high-speed rail to finish the job restarted and keep our promises to travelers and taxpayers. we ask that congress appropriate additional funds for state making these investments, including illinois in the midwest. neither illinois or the midwest would be the transportation hub of the nation that it is today and the state's diverse economic base would not exist as we know it. illinois was made the center of national
on the high speed in inner-city passenger rail program. i want to thank the members of this committee, the congress, and the obama administration for supporting a help the inner city passenger rail system and for supporting improved service with words and money. we are grateful for the investments from the american recovery and investment act which have provided more than $1.4 billion for illinois high- speed rail. these current investments in illinois high-speed passenger rail systems are...
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they could actually win seats in the city council or the county board. the only question now is, is it outdated? is it unfair to treat texas differently than ohio or south carolina different from indiana? that is the question the supreme court will take up. congress approved it. the conservative members of the court might be inclined to say this is a good law but its time is past and you can no longer put the deep south under this special scrutiny. host: we are talking with david savage of the l.a. times - -the chicago tribune, i should say. he's the supreme court reporter. if you have questions about the upcoming session of the court, give us a call. the numbers are on the screen. before we leave the voting rights act case, who brought the case before the court? guest: shelby county, alabama. it is an unusual case in the sense that they are challenging it on its face. they did not have a particular case. they simply said that they believe this lot is unfair and outdated and they should not have to ask washington's permission before they changed the voti
they could actually win seats in the city council or the county board. the only question now is, is it outdated? is it unfair to treat texas differently than ohio or south carolina different from indiana? that is the question the supreme court will take up. congress approved it. the conservative members of the court might be inclined to say this is a good law but its time is past and you can no longer put the deep south under this special scrutiny. host: we are talking with david savage of the...